Cyperus elegans, the royal flatsedge, is a sedge species in the genus Cyperus from Central and South America.

Royal flatsedge
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cyperus elegans
Subspecies
  • Cyperus elegans var. breviradiata Maury, 1889[2]
  • Cyperus elegans var. major Kük., 1936[3]
  • Cyperus elegans subsp. rubiginosus (Hook. f.) Eliasson, 1965[4]
Synonyms
  • Cyperus elegans Baker, 1883[5]

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References

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  1. ^ L. Sp. Pl. 1: 45–46 1753
  2. ^ Maury J. Bot. (Morot) 3: 196 1889
  3. ^ Kük. Pflanzenr. IV, 20(101): 165 1936
  4. ^ Eliasson Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 59: 475, f. 21 1965
  5. ^ Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 288 1883
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